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Across Europe and North America, rates of road rage, smash and grabs, and general automotive theft are skyrocketing in a post-global health crisis world where everyone appears to be letting off steam all at once. In a world full of sub-par dash cameras that only capture a small fragment of all the action around one's vehicle, it's Nextbase who's answering the call and introducing a dash camera solution that's a fair bit more clever than what you're liable to find in the cheap section of eBay.
This is the Nextbase iQ, and it's here to keep your car safe and sound even in this crazy and scary new world we all seem to live in. On first impression, the Nextbase iQ looks like any other dashcam. One with a form factor that appears familiar but not something that screams one of TIME magazine's best inventions as the iQ lays claim to. Only when one peeps the spec sheet and sees a device brimming with AI-powered technology, powerful computing hardware, and all the bells and whistles imaginable can you begin to appreciate the scale of the achievement on hand.
With the ability to shoot 4K video out of its front camera and 1440p in the rear with the highest-specked model, elements of an accident that largely go unnoticed suddenly hone into view with a clarity that auto insurance companies would chomp at the bits for. Add on a built-in G sensor to detect the event of an accident and an emergency SOS feature far beyond the capabilities of your average OnStar system, and this is the kind of device built from the ground up to keep the occupants of a vehicle safe, regardless of the circumstances.
Through the Nextbase iQ's companion app, users can adjust the range of this dashcam's nearly 360-degree field of surveillance depending on where their vehicle is parked. By doing so, the iQ keeps the personal property stored in your vehicle safe from harm or theft as well. Through the Nextbase iQ's impressive list of tech and features, every step of the driving process, from stepping inside and starting the engine to parking and exiting the vehicle, is monitored and sent via powerful encryption to a cloud storage service, ready to be accessed by users in the event of an incident.
From working-class urban drivers weary of driving around the city they live to concerned parents monitoring their teenage child as they take the family car out "to the movies," Nextbase's R&D Department seems right on the money, giving the modern consumer exactly what they want. Prices start at $499.99 USD and $699.99 CAD for the entry-level Nextbase iQ 1K shooting 1080p front video and shoot up to $699.99 USD and $999.99 CAD for the top-of-the-line iQ 4K. If you ask us, that's money well spent regardless of the circumstances.
With the ability to shoot 4K video out of its front camera and 1440p in the rear with the highest-specked model, elements of an accident that largely go unnoticed suddenly hone into view with a clarity that auto insurance companies would chomp at the bits for. Add on a built-in G sensor to detect the event of an accident and an emergency SOS feature far beyond the capabilities of your average OnStar system, and this is the kind of device built from the ground up to keep the occupants of a vehicle safe, regardless of the circumstances.
Through the Nextbase iQ's companion app, users can adjust the range of this dashcam's nearly 360-degree field of surveillance depending on where their vehicle is parked. By doing so, the iQ keeps the personal property stored in your vehicle safe from harm or theft as well. Through the Nextbase iQ's impressive list of tech and features, every step of the driving process, from stepping inside and starting the engine to parking and exiting the vehicle, is monitored and sent via powerful encryption to a cloud storage service, ready to be accessed by users in the event of an incident.
From working-class urban drivers weary of driving around the city they live to concerned parents monitoring their teenage child as they take the family car out "to the movies," Nextbase's R&D Department seems right on the money, giving the modern consumer exactly what they want. Prices start at $499.99 USD and $699.99 CAD for the entry-level Nextbase iQ 1K shooting 1080p front video and shoot up to $699.99 USD and $999.99 CAD for the top-of-the-line iQ 4K. If you ask us, that's money well spent regardless of the circumstances.
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